CVE-2021-25032
high-risk
Published 2022-01-10
The PublishPress Capabilities WordPress plugin before 2.3.1, PublishPress Capabilities Pro WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating the plugin's settings via the init hook, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could update arbitrary blog options, such as the default role and make any new registered user with an administrator role.
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81.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 18% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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9
CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (2)
Affected Vendors
59
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
20/34 · Moderate
Exposure
7/34 · Low